I think you hit the nail on the head. No one wants to admit they were wrong, but everyone will make a *new* decision, based on *new* information. It may be to change, it may be to reaffirm their previous position.

 

On certain issues, I am very comfortable around my GOP friends, on others, the Dems think I'm one of them. In actuality, I do not trust either party to have total control. If I had to chose, I'd rather be labeled a Dem than a Rep. but would prefer to avoid either label. Independent doesn't fit, I love the two party system, with all it's flaws.

 

You definitely do not fall into the "hard liners" in my opinion.

honestly, I'm still in shock about the whole thing:

were they all just eunichs before?

Tom Daschle is waving hi.

You definitely do not fall into the "hard liners" in my opinion.

 

I think I do on certain topics. Keep the Minutemen and Military out of my backyard (literally). Don't cut taxes *and* increase spending. Capital Punishment. Scott Boras. Free Agents. Abortion. Politically motivated investigations. There is a God, and we all could be worshipping the same God through our individual cultures. Unfortunatly, they put me on opposite sides, at one time or another, with everyone.

 

I also love SL&P and now Filibuster threads that are heated and the posts are flying at 25 an hour. I know in a day or two, everyone looks backs and usually laughs at the stupidity of theirs and the other posts, and life goes on.

I'm guessing if we were sitting around a bar and not typing, we'd be a whole lot more centralist than we appear here. I know I do. I counted the Republican County Chairperson as a friend, and we never fought over political posts like I have with some of the mindless idiots here

 

I think that's very true. Well said.

I think that's very true.  Well said.

 

:headshake You leftist centrist.

:headshake You leftist centrist.

 

Whatever, you mildly-right-of-center wants-to-be-centrist.

 

Whatever, you mildly-right-of-center wants-to-be-centrist.

 

 

Hey! I resemble that remark!

I have a feeling the power will be shifting to the Dems.  It won't happen overnight but the GOP has had full control and judging by approval ratings and all the negativity linked to their party, I think they will fade for the time being.

 

My 2 cents.

 

If the MSM has their way your are correct.

It's one thing to attack the other party's ideology and another to attack with smear tactics (see Swift Boat Veterans campaign).

 

Did Kerry ever release all his medical records?

Did Kerry ever release all his medical records?

Come on. Are you kidding me? That whole smear was debunked. Effective but false.

Did Kerry ever release all his medical records?

John Kerry signed standard form 180 early in 2005. The Boston Globe reviewed all of his documents and found them to be as expected. Nothing hidden in them, nothing out of the ordinary or missing, etc. Basically all duplicates of stuff already released.

 

Of course, one could ask why the Hell he didn't do that during the election campaign so that we could have shoved it back at the swift boat folks and asked why Bush couldn't match that level of disclosure of his national guard era documents...but then again, he wasn't a very good candidate anyway.

 

Globe link.

If the MSM has their way your are correct.

Both parties have low approval ratings so your smack at the so-called leftist media is prety hollow.